June 10, 2024

This Is My Pettiest Beauty Pet Peeve of The Moment

Ok, dig deep. I want to hear your pettiest beauty pet peeve. If you want to be salty about a brand that’s ticking you off, do it here! Or if you just want to rant about the fact that drugstore makeup pricing has been insane lately, we can chat about that, too.

As for me, well, this is my pettiest beauty pet peeve of the moment (I promise no Influencers were harmed in the making of this post).

Ok, so I feel guilty and crappy about writing this, but it needs to be said so I can move on. I hate this weird trend of influencers acting like they invented the wheel. What I mean is they act like everything old is something THEY discovered. Glass skin? A Tiktoker discovered that. Korean beauty? That Makeup Tiktoker was the one that made it go viral. Baby Lips Lip Balm has a pH formula with a perfect shade of pink when applied! BRAND NEW, NEVER BEFORE SEEN INNOVATION that was discovered by a Tiktoker.

Yeah, sorry, I sound mean, bitchy, and petty, but I’m so tired of these new rounds of influencers who had like they just invented the wheel. These products, application methods, hacks, and beauty secrets have been around since the dawn of time. You did NOT discover them! Stop trying to take credit for someone else’s work. Not to mention it’s rather frustrating to listen to these people talk about how they love beauty and have since they came out of the womb but proceed to act like they’ve never heard of certain brands, products, or makeup techniques before. It’s bizarre.

I started the blog in 2007 and soon after that was covering many different Korean brands. The fact that everyone is now acting like a BB Cushion is some sort of brand new product they discovered sort of makes me rage. Come on, do the leg work, BB Cushions are not a new thing.

So yeah, I realize I’m pretty but this is my beauty pet peeve of the moment. Do share yours! I’d love to hear!

About the Muse

Isabella MuseIsabella is just an average everyday geeky girl who doesn’t blend her eyeshadow correctly, wears too much blush, and hopes she never finds her holy grail products because she likes the thrill of the chase so much. Her mission is to bring you super honest reviews on makeup, skincare, fragrance and all things beauty. She’s in no way an expert on the topic and she sure as hell isn’t a super model. But she’s passionate about makeup and is seeking like-minded individuals that like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain, and ones that enjoy spending hundreds of dollars at Sephora without feeling buyer’s remorse. If you’re that person feel free to reach out and leave a comment or follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Bloglovin‘.

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  • Lucia

    i am much older than you, and i remember make up techniques at 15, peacock nail polish at 17, liquid bronzer at 20, mood lipstick around 30, and i could continue forever. No, nothing has not been invented before, we just had magazines to tell us what’s new or how to apply it in a new way, no internet to have instant explosions of new ideas. Brands come and go, but the ideas are, as you rightly said, like reinventing the wheel

    • Isabella Muse

      Does it drive you crazy that people act like what’s old is BRAND new? It makes me bonkers LOL!

      • Merideth

        Right there with you both – read my first Glamour magazine (RIP) in 1978, and very little of what comes out is new! I like how much more we know about the effectiveness of different ingredients on the skin, but much of everything else is the same.

  • Norma

    I totally agree with you, Isabella! One of my longtime pet peeves is when the two biggest cosmetic empires buy a really nice independent brand with really good ingredients, only to “bastardsize” them with cheaper ingredients.

    • Isabella Muse

      amen on this preach! The formula changes are always SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad 🙁

      • Norma

        YES! Thank you for agreeing with me! Most recently, I’ve noticed that Lancome has changed everything and is not as good as it used to be. No more for me!

        • Isabella Muse

          estee lauder destroyed a ton of brands too! Sadly, once these large parent companies step in it’s all downhill from there 🙁

  • Suzi

    Omg, like the Kardashians invented “baking”? Girl, please….I’ve been doing that since 1982!

  • Jennifer F

    Having worked in both fashion and beauty industries, I can confirm “what’s old is new again”
    Technology in fabric and finishes and chemistry in ingredients and formulations DO bring newness and freshness to the products but trends are cyclical in nature.
    I ‍♀️ when I see some teen TT say they’ve discover the next big thing. Let them have it. We know better!

    • Isabella Muse

      Absolutely! Neon coming back, 90’s aesthetic likely coming back for Fall 2024, etc…what’s old is new again is the circle of life for sure ;-D Teens I don’t mind so much (I mean some teens don’t even know what a VCR is) but those who are in their late twenties/early 30s drove me a little crazy.

  • squeakytiki

    It’s not just makeup, I recently had a teenager try to tell me about this fabulous band called “The Cure” lmao.